[mythtv-users] MythMusic scanning without Mythfrontend

Jerome Yuzyk jerome at supernet.ab.ca
Wed Apr 13 22:22:32 UTC 2016


On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:00:04 PM Paul Harrison wrote:
> On 13/04/16 20:39, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> > [0.27.6, Fedora 22]
> >
> > I am wondering if there's a way to initiate a MythMusic scan without using the frontend.
> >
> > I rip CDs (and collect covers and maintain my catalog) using my desktop machine, then rsync the rips over to my Myth (BE/FE) box and run the music scanner bound to a shortcut key, triggered by the old Frontend Control Socket.
> >
> > This works fine, but is there a way I could do a rescan without involving Mythfrontend at all?
> >
> 
> Not in 0.27.
> 
> In 0.28 you can just run mythutil --scanmusic

Thanks for the reminder that mythutil is another option. Even then it has to be run on the backend, not remotely. I guess I'd be looking for something the Services API could do eventually.

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